Organization is key to efficiency, and as businesses grow, that can become a challenge. OnTerra developed RouteSavvy, an automated software to help meet that challenge and wrangle in the growing fleets of small to midsize businesses.
“RouteSavvy is route planning software designed for service calls, sales calls, deliveries and pickups,” says Steve Milroy, president of OnTerra Systems. “By deploying route planning through RouteSavvy, plumbing businesses can plug in the addresses of the day’s service calls, and it will generate the most efficient route.”
The software can determine efficiency based on least miles driven, or fastest route to either save money on gas, or optimize time.
Other standard features include automated data upload, round trip or start-to-finish routing, and the ability to locate stops using coordinates. “At times plumbing calls aren’t tied to an actual address,” Milroy says. “For example, if the water main is located in a grassy area of a big park, the ability to specify coordinates becomes really important.”
The software starts at a base price per month and per vehicle and as additional vehicles are added, the cost per vehicle goes down. “With RouteSavvy, you only pay more as you add vehicles that need to be supported with route planning,” Milroy says. “All users get access to the same functionality.”
Through the RouteSavvy mobile app, service techs can also capture photos to prove a job’s been done, get signatures of customers to confirm completion of a job and send notifications to customers alerting them the job has been completed.
For an additional cost, RouteSavvy also offers GPS tracking. It uses a driver’s cellphone to provide GPS tracking eliminating the need for specific hardware. “You toggle the GPS tracking on, right on the driver’s personal or company smartphone,” Milroy says. “RouteSavvy then shows people back at the office where the driver is located using the app. When the driver is done for the day, simply toggle the application off until they go back to work.”
Milroy also says RouteSavvy is easy to use, with a clear and understandable interface, simple language, and clear action buttons. “We have had customers tell us that they got a quick tutorial on how to optimize routes with RouteSavvy, and they started doing so in 15 minutes,” he says. 720-836-7201; www.routesavvy.com
